Let's Talk March Keeping Active

The March 2025 Let's Talk was all about the benefits of keeping active and how it can play an important role in helping to reduce the risk of physical health conditions, such as a stroke or dementia and also in reducing joint pain.

❤️ Impact on health: attendees shared their experiences

Islington residents, who attended Let's Talk, shared details of their personal experiences of exercise - Pauline on how  swimmng helped with oseoarthritis and Martin on the mental and physical benefits of cold water swimming in Highgate ponds, providing respite from caring.

Another attendee was singing the praises of the Better Leisure gym memberships and how that has helped following a stroke.

The benefits of swimming are captured in the following videos.

❤️ Nuffield Joint Pain Programme

We started with a presentation from Joelle and Michael from Nuffield Health, who introduced their free to access 6 month Joint Pain programme.

The programme is designed to help you self-manage chronic joint pain and to lead a more independent life. It begins with 12 weeks of lifestyle advice and exercise sessions led by a Rehabilitation Specialist.

They had a fantastic response from attendees on the day wanting to sign up for the programme. You can also find out more and sign-up for the programme on their website.

See the Nuffield Health website.

❤️ Looking into the benefits of exercise

John Thorne, from the Parks,Sports and Physical Activity Team in Islington Council provided a valuable insight into why exercise is important and its many benefits.

See the Benefits of Exercise presentation slides

A fantastic resource to find exercise opportunities near you, is the Islington Activities Finder. It's really comprehensive and you can browse to see what types of activities are available and search to find what's closest to where you live in Islington and by time of day.

See the Islington Activities Finder.

❤️ Activities taking place in local Islington parks

Sally Oldfield, from the Parks,Sports and Physical Activity Team in Islington Council shared details of some of the many opportunities to meet others and keep active, in Islington's local parks.

See the Islington parks presentation slides

❤️ Help finding activities and groups

If you're not feeling confident in finding or getting along to an exercise group or to join a gym do get in touch with Age UK Islington.

We can help with information about local activities that fit your interests and with finding accessible ways to get there.

Contact Age UK Islington on gethelp@ageukislington.org.uk or call them on 020 7281 6018 (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm).